were in the klan. it was totally, socially acceptable. we had pictures of clansmen marking down the national mall with roads and hoods and their faces in plain view. they were doing sunday school picnics and church pageants and business campaigns. that is where we are in extremism. it s in our mainstream, it s in our politics, and it s going to be incredibly difficult to extricate from her. you mentioned how intersectional it is, and it seems impossible to excise that from the broader conservative platform at this stage of the game. well, the concerning thing is when we see this kind of mainstreaming without a back step, it is not that somebody has accidentally picked up an idea and saying, oops, a used extremist rhetoric. it s that people are using it in ways that are meant to be possibly deniable, a bit here, as the puck there, but as we see in the clip set, this is a coordinated campaign, or people are using this idea across the republican campaigns. it s incredibly alarming if
history? as a historian, i am contractually obligated to say that we are off the map, contractually. we have too many different factors at play at this point to draw any true historical pro, but what i can say is as somebody who has studied extremist movements and the klan, one, the kind of context we should be looking to in the 1920s one that anti-immigration legislation was passed, that was also the peak prior to know of clan activity and clan violence. that was one 4 million people or 10% of the state of indiana were in the klan. it was totally, socially acceptable. we had pictures of clansmen marking down the national mall with roads and hoods and their faces in plain view. they were doing sunday school picnics and church pageants and business campaigns. that is where we are in extremism. it s in our mainstream, it s in our politics, and it s going to be incredibly difficult to extricate from her. you mentioned how intersectional it is, and it seems impossible to excise that fr
marching down the national mall with their faces in plain view. they were doing business campaigns, that s where we are in extremism. it s in our mainstream, it s in our politics and it s going to be incredibly difficult to eck extricate from here. you mentioned and how impossible from the broader platform. the concern, i think, when we see this kind of mainstreaming without a back step, it isn t that somebody is accidentally picking up an idea and saying, oops, i used extreist rhetoric, is that people are using it in ways that are meant to be plausible. a bit here and there. but as we see if that, it s a coordinated campaign where people are using this across the republican campaigns. it s incredibly alarming if you live in a society that s interested in the rule of law by